2.20am update

The Cherryville fire which is burning near the township of Cherryville continues to burn in inaccessible areas.

There are currently five areas of concern.

1. Area of Blockers, Hunters and Wyes Roads where the fire is spotting into the adjacent pine plantation.

2. Properties between fire track 18 and 19 (South of Cherryville) where the fire is approaching from a South Easterly direction.

3. Mawson Rd which is experiencing ember attack.

4. Properties to the north of the fire near Montacute Park and Big Range Road.

5. The Township of Cherryville which may be impacted from the South before morning.

There is a risk to lives and homes in these areas.

All other people near this fire need to remain aware as conditions are continuously changing, activate your Bushfire Survival Plan.

SA Power Networks advise that 190 customers are without power in the Basket Range and Marble Hill area and that crews are unable to gain access to the area to restore power supplies at this time.

8.30pm update

The CFS' Brenton Hastie says 11 homes remain at risk along Taylors and Raymond Roads, west of Sheoak Hill.

He says residents have been advised and they've had signficant warning of the dangers over the next 12 hours.

He says the fire continues to move slowly in the southerly direction towards Lobethal and Knox Hill Roads, although the rate of spread has slowed since nightfall.

The fire is no longer creating spot fires.

"We have a small section in the western parts of the fire that we're actually calling contained. We believe the imminent risk to Cherryville has reduced, but we'll continue to monitor that overnight," Brenton Hastie said.

5:30pm update

CFS Incident Controller Mark Thomason said crews are still battling with the Cherryville bushfire, with the fire expected to continue to burn for several days.

Due to safety requirements, the fleet of water bombers has been grounded since 5:00pm.

He said one house and a shed had been lost, with two houses on Blackers Road impacted by the fire but successfully defended by CFS crews.

Mr Thomason said the crews would be facing strong gully winds through the night and focussing on Marble Hill Road, Cherryville, Blockers Road and Taylors Road.

Crews will carry out 'significant back burns' if conditions became favourable.

Keep listening to 891 ABC Adelaide for further updates and check the CFS website for the latest details.

3:30pm EMERGENCY WARNING UPDATE

CFS advises that a serious bushfire is burning out of control at CHERRYVILLE in the Mount Lofty Ranges near MERCHANTS ROAD, WYES ROAD, HUNTERS ROAD, KNOTS HILL ROAD, BLOCKERS, ROAD AND CHERRYVILLE ROAD.

The CHERRYVILLE fire is travelling in a WESTERLY direction through to SOUTHERLY direction towards CHERRYVILLE and BASKET RANGE.

1:40pm update

CFS Incident Controller Mark Thomason confirmed one house had been damaged by the bushfire crossing over Blockers Road at Basket Range.

He said CFS crews were unable to get into the area to confirm the amount of damage, but believed the property would be badly damaged.

The CFS was issuing an emergency alert for Blockers Road due to the changing fire conditions.

1:00pm update

ABC News reports a house is on fire on Blockers Road at Basket Range as the fire fronts continue to spread.

The southern edge of the fire is currently impacting Blockers Road, and may spread to Merchants Road and Wyes Road.

Brett Gauge, Senior Forecaster at the Bureau of Meteorology said the winds will continue to blow from the north at up to 40km/h overnight before a NNW change tomorrow.

Midday update - Road closures

SA Police advise they have imposed the following traffic restrictions:

Basket Range - Blockers Road is closed to traffic

Cherryville - Fernhurst Road, Church Road and Cherryville Road closed

Roads in the area will be closed as the fire continues to move.

Motorists are advised to avoid the area if possible, and follow the direction of police and emergency services if in the area.

11:00am update

Alert issued at 11:04am from the CFS:

The Cherryville fire which is burning to the East of the township of Cherryville, near Fernhurst Rd, Mawson Rd and Sixth Creek Rd's, continues to burn in inaccessible areas and is slowly expanding in all directions.

Under the predicted weather conditions we are expecting the fire activity to increase during the day and the fire to impact the homes and properties in the following areas: The northern part of the fire may impact upon Fenhurst Rd, Fenhurst Lane and Big Range Rd

The Eastern part of the fire may impact upon Mawson Rd.

The Southern part of the fire may impact upon Blockers Rd, Merchants Rd and Wyes Rd.

The Western part of the fire may impact upon Raymonds Rd, Cherryville Rd, Church Rd, Fire Station Rd and Fernhurst Rd.

There is also a risk to the residents in the towns of Marble Hill, Cherryville and Basket range.

People in these areas need to activate their Bushfire Survival Plans.

Map of fire foot print as of 10:20am

10:00am update

Fire still burning uncontrolled in Cherryville area with no over 200ha of scrub land burned.

CFS Incident Controller Mark Thomason said aircraft were yet to used on the fire as smoke and terrain was making the site to dangerous for pilots to enter.

Three water bombers were on standby at Woodside.

Control lines had not changed, with key roads Blockers Road, Merchants Road and Mawson Road.

9:00am update

CFS State co-ordinator Yvette Dowling said crews continued to work on the fire scene, supported by three fire bombers.

Ms Dowling said the decision was made not to use the bombers yesterday due to the conditions.

She said it was believed to have started from a private burn-off that jumped containment.

Ms Dowling said winds were expected to pick up between 9:00am and midday, with peaks up to 40km/h.